Image credit: St Catherine’s School Toorak

Key VCE stats*:

61,998 students completed their VCE
477 schools offered the VCE VM in 2024, a 4% increase from last year
13.3% of VCE completions were VCE Vocational Major students
1,105 students were awarded the Victorian Pathways Certificate

Key ATAR stats:

Median ATAR for 2024 was 69.52% up from 69.31% in 2023

The reported median ATAR score for Victoria is 76.55%
The estimated median ATAR of the 100 best performing private schools is ~87.0%**
7.1% of Victorian students achieved an ATAR of 90% or above

Highest reported private school median ATAR scores:

St Catherine’s School in Toorak was the highest performing girls' school with a median ATAR of 95.25%
Melbourne Grammar School in South Yarra was the highest performing boys' school with a median ATAR of 91.40%
Ballarat Clarendon College in Ballarat was the highest performing co-ed school with a median ATAR of 91.20%

The table below lists the 100 best performing private schools in Victoria based on 2024 VCE & IB results***

*Data sourced from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, correct as at 27/01/2025

**Note that some schools do not disclose Median ATAR score

***Self-published ATAR data from schools has not been independently verified, for IB schools we have used combined ATAR scores

School	Location	Students	Affiliation	Median VCE	% VCE 40+	Median ATAR	ATAR % >95	ATAR % >90
St. Catherine's School	Toorak	Girls	Non-denominational	36	31%	95.25%	50%	68%
Presbyterian Ladies' College	Burwood	Girls	Presbyterian	36	26%	94.80%		70%
Fintona Girls' School	Balwyn	Girls	Non-denominational	36	26%	93.63%	44%	66%
Huntingtower School	Mount Waverley	Co-ed	Christian	37	32%	93.55%	40%	66%
Korowa Anglican Girls' School	Glen Iris	Girls	Anglican	35	21%	92.60%	36%	58%
Ruyton Girls' School	Kew	Girls	Non-denominational	37	30%	92.10%	40%	58%
Melbourne Grammar School	South Yarra	Boys	Anglican	36	28%	91.40%	37%	55%
Bialik College	Hawthorn	Co-ed	Jewish	36	30%	91.25%	34%	56%
Ballarat Clarendon College	Newington	Co-ed	Uniting	37	35%	91.20%
Camberwell Girls Grammar	Canterbury	Girls	Anglican	36	25%	91.00%	31%	53%
Haileybury	Keysborough	Co-ed	-	36	30%	91.00%	36%	52%
Camberwell Grammar School	Canterbury	Boys	Anglican	34	21%	90.85%	35%	54%
Mount Scopus Memorial College	Burwood	Co-ed	Jewish	37	31%	90.40%	30%	53%
Brighton Grammar School	Brighton	Boys	Anglican	35	24%	90.40%	29%	51%
Scotch College	Hawthorn	Boys	Presbyterian	34	23%	90.40%	33%	50%
Woodleigh School	Langwarrin South	Co-ed	Non-denominational	31	6.5	91.25%
Melbourne Girls' Grammar School	South Yarra	Girls	Anglican	36	29%	90.20%		50%
Lauriston Girls' School	Armadale	Girls	-	35	20%	90.15%		51%
Trinity Grammar School	Kew	Boys	Anglican	36	26%	89.85%		50%
Yarra Valley Grammar	Ringwood	Co-ed	Anglican	35	21%	89.50%		48%
Mentone Girls' Grammar	Mentone	Girls	Anglican	36	22%	89.40%	18%	41%
Loreto Mandeville Hall	Toorak	Girls	Catholic	35	26%	89.15%		47%
St. Leonard's College	Brighton East	Co-ed	Uniting	34	16%	89.05%		47%
Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School	Ivanhoe	Girls	Anglican	35	21%	89.00%	29%	47%
Sacré Cœur School	Glen Iris	Girls	Catholic	35	25%	88.70%	29%	46%
Methodist Ladies College	Kew	Girls	Uniting	34	23%	88.58%
Siena College	Camberwell	Girls	Catholic	35	21%	87.85%	16%	39%
Shelford Girls' Grammar	Caulfield	Girls	Anglican	34	21%	87.75%	26%	46%
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School	Essendon	Girls	Anglican	34	19%	87.00%	26%	39%
Tintern Grammar	Ringwood East	Co-ed	Anglican	34	17%	87.00%	21%	40%
The Knox School	Wantirna South	Co-ed	Non-denominational	33	7%	87.00%	6%	33%
Genazzano FCJ College	Kew	Girls	Catholic	34	20%	86.85%		40%
Toorak College	Mount Eliza	Girls	Non-denominational	34	15%	86.50%		35%
St. Kevin's College	Toorak	Boys	Catholic	35	24%	85.43%
Xavier College	Kew	Boys	Catholic	34	15%	85.35%	18%	33%
Ivanhoe Grammar School	Ivanhoe	Co-ed	Anglican	34	18%	85.30%
Caulfield Grammar School	Caulfield	Co-ed	Anglican	34	22%	85.00%	22%	38%
Mazenod College	Mulgrave	Boys	Catholic	33	14%	84.75%	17%	32%
Kilvington Grammar School	Ormond	Co-ed	Baptist	33	18%	84.73%	19%	32%
Mentone Grammar School	Mentone	Co-ed	Anglican	35	22%	84.30%	17%	37%
Star of the Sea College	Brighton	Girls	Catholic	34	19%	84.15%	16%	35%
Kardinia Internatl College	Geelong	Co-ed	Non-denominational	32	13%	84.00%	16%	36%
Wesley College	Windsor	Co-ed	Uniting	32	9%	83.85%	13%	33%
Carey Baptist Grammar School	Kew	Co-ed	Baptist	33	12%	83.40%	16%	30%
Westbourne Grammar School	Truganina	Co-ed	Non-denominational	33	15%	83.15%		30%
Bacchus Marsh Grammar	Bacchus Marsh	Co-ed	Non-denominational	32	14%	80.45%
Kingswood College	Box HIll	Co-ed	Uniting	32	12%	80.00%	13%	25%
The Geelong College	Newtown	Co-ed	Christian	33	15%	79.55%	13%	28%
Girton Grammar School	Bendigo	Co-ed	Christian	31	9%	79.40%		17%
Our Lady of Sion College	Box Hill	Girls	Catholic	32		78.40%	6%	20%
Luther College	Croydon		Lutheran	32	11%	77.50%	10%	23%
Our Lady of Mercy College	Heidelberg	Girls	Catholic	32	10%	77.30%		16%
Overnewton Anglican Community College	Keilor	Co-ed	Christian	31	9	77%		16%
Al Siraat College	Epping	Co-ed	Islamic	31	7%	76.00%		11%
Alphington Grammar School	Alphington	Co-ed	Non-denominational	30	12%	75.00%		21%
Gippsland Grammar	Sale	Co-ed	Anglican	31	10%	74.40%		26%
Marcellin College	Bulleen	Boys	Catholic	31	5%	73.60%
Heathdale Christian College	Werribee	Co-ed	Christian	30	6%	72.13%
St Bede's College	Mentone	Boys	Catholic	30	7%	70.75%		12%
De La Salle College	Malvern	Boys	Catholic	30	5%	70.40%		12%
Yeshivah College	St. Kilda East	Boys	Jewish	37	25%
Beth Rivkah Ladies College	St Kilda East	Girls	Jewish	35	24%
Leibler Yavneh College	Elsternwick	Co-ed	Jewish	35	24%		16%	37%
Al-Taqwa College	Truganina	Co-ed	Islamic	34	10%
Firbank Grammar	Brighton	Girls	Anglican	34	19%		21%	45%
Goulburn Valley Grammar School	Shepparton	Co-ed	Non-denominational	34	18%		25%	32%
Oxley Christian College	Chirnside park	Co-ed	Christian	34	22%			49%
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School	Essendon	Co-ed	Uniting	34	16%		20%
St Andrews Christian College	Wantirna South	Co-ed	Christian	34	20%
Strathcona Girls' Grammar School	Canterbury	Girls	Baptist	34	20%		22%
The King David School	Armadale	Co-ed	Jewish	34	18%			33%
Waverley Christian College	Wantirna South	Co-ed	Christian	34	19%			43%
Alice Miller School	Macedon	Co-ed	-	33	13%			26%
Donvale Christian College	Donvale	Co-ed	Christian	33	11%
Peninsula Grammar	Mount Eliza	Co-ed	Anglican	33	15%
St. Margaret's Berwick Grammar	Berwick	Co-ed	Non-denominational	33	13%			30%
St. Michael's Grammar School	St. Kilda	Co-ed	Anglican	33	13%
Academy of Mary Immaculate	Fitzroy	Girls	Catholic	32	11%		13%	27%
Avila College	Mount Waverley	Girls	Catholic	32	12%
Ballarat Grammar	Wendouree	Co-ed	Anglican	32	12%			26%
Catholic Ladies College	Eltham	Girls	Catholic	32	11%			20%
Geelong Grammar School	Corio	Co-ed	Anglican	32	9%
Our Lady of Sacred Heart	Bentleigh	Girls	Catholic	32	10%		8%	17%
Sacred Heart Girls' College	Oakleigh	Girls	Catholic	32	11%
Salesian College	Chadstone	Boys	Catholic	32	12%		12%	24%
St Joseph's College	Ferntree Gully	Boys	Catholic	32	9%			19%
Ave Maria College	Aberfeldie	Girls	Catholic	31	11%			19%
Darul Ulum College of Victoria	Fawkner	Co-ed	Islamic	31	7%
Eltham College	Eltham	Co-ed	Non-denominational	31	9%
Islamic College of Melbourne	Tarneit	Co-ed	Islamic	31	13%			44%
Loreto College	Ballarat	Girls	Catholic	31	7%
Mater Christi College	Belgrave	Girls	Catholic	31	7%			12%
OneSchool Global	Melton	Co-ed	-	31	8%
St Columba's College	Essendon	Girls	Catholic	31	7%
Emmaus College	Vermont South	Co-ed	Catholic	31	10%
St Aloysius College				31				13%
Lighthouse Christian College	Cranbourne	Co-ed	Christian	30	3%
Parade College	Bundoora	Boys	Catholic	30	5%
Sacred Heart College	Geelong	Girls	Catholic	30	7%
St Paul's Anglican Grammar School	Warragul	Co-ed	Anglican	30	7%			10%
Aquinas College	Ringwood	Co-ed	Catholic	29	5%
Southern Cross Grammar	Caroline Springs	Co-ed	-	29	5%
St Mary's College Melbourne	St Kilda	Co-ed	Catholic	28	3%
Yesodei HaTorah College	Ormond	Co-ed	Jewish	28	8%